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CTOnews.com, August 24, Ruben Dennenwaldt, head of product marketing for WD Black, talked about Xbox Series X | S and PS5 storage when he accepted TechRadar Gaming during the 2023 Cologne show.

At present, in the current generation of game consoles, although the performance of Xbox Series X is strong enough, it really has no advantage in hard disk expansion, especially compared with PS5.

CTOnews.com query found that the current Microsoft XSX can choose only WD Black C50 and Seagate Xbox dedicated expansion card, the current 1TB version of the Chinese and Western expansion card is 999 yuan. But it is clear that this generation of users have a strong demand for Xbox expansion cards, so it is really strange that there are only these two products on the market.

Ruben Dennenwaldt explained, "because it's not easy,"We're not talking about a standard interface. This is a proprietary interface that only applies to Xbox Series X | S". "that's owned by Microsoft," he continued. "so you have to sign an agreement with Microsoft to get a license, which takes a long time, which may be why there are no more companies offering products."

"if you compare it to Sony, Sony uses a more standard interface. It's an M.2 interface. So technically, you can use any M.2 SSD for your PS5. But it may not be a good idea because it has minimum requirements, and Sony specifies what type of radiator the product requires."

It is worth mentioning that some time ago, Western Digital also launched an improved officially authorized WD Black SN850 PS5 solid-state drive to increase its capacity from 2TB to 4TB, so foreign media believe that Western Digital may launch a higher-capacity WD Black C50 version.

Unfortunately, Dennenwaldt did not disclose any details, but he seemed optimistic about the future of the storage solution. "Sony released Beta firmware a few weeks ago and now supports up to 8TB (hard drives). So you can see the trend in the industry. Console manufacturers have seen an increase in storage demand as the size of the game increases."

Related readings:

"Western Digital Xbox SSD expansion Card will be launched soon, 1TB $150,"

"Seagate launches Xbox dedicated external SSD:1TB about 1095 yuan, USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface"

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